Lord Avebury: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will update Section 8 of the British citizenship application form B(OS) and part 8 of guide B(OS) to explain how an applicant who became a British Overseas citizen ipso jure under Article 6(1) of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 should complete the application form.

Lord Rooker: Equality-related consultations arising from Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 did not begin to take place in departments until after equality schemes approved by the Equality Commission were in place, around mid 2001. Between 2001 and 2006 in the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland there were eight equality-related consultations undertaken. Further details can be found in the department's statutory five-year review of its equality scheme which is publicly available on its website at www.dardni.gov.uk/index/publications/pubs-dard-strategies-reports-and-accounts/five-year-review-of-equality-scheme.htm.
	For each consultation DARD consults with groups and individuals who have requested that they be included on its Section 75 consultation list (a copy is attached at Annexe B), which was established as part of its equality scheme for these purposes. This list is updated on request during the year. Backdated lists are not kept.
	The noble Lord may wish to be aware that in addition to equality-related consultations, the department consults with key stakeholders as part of good policy-making practices generally, and because one must consult on legislation, even where no adverse equality impacts have been identified.
	With regard to the noble Lord's second Question, the information requested is not readily available in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, for every equality-related consultation issued, policy makers record to whom consultations were issued, who responded and what was said. At least a summary of consultation responses received is published (usually on the department's website). All of this information is or has been publicly available.
	It is difficult to identify specific changes that have occurred to a policy as a result of consultation alone. This is because, when equality is mainstreamed effectively into decision-making throughout the policy development cycle—through, for example, having advisory fora, pre-consultation or informal consultation—there will be no negative equality impacts evident.
	
		
			 DARD List of Section 75 Consultees 
			 Age Concern (NI) NI Commissioner for Children & Young People 
			 Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute NI Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM) 
			 Association of NI Colleges NI Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) 
			 Baha'i Council for Northern Ireland NI Fishery Harbour Authority 
			 Barnardos NI Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) 
			 British Deaf Association (NI) NI Islamic Centre 
			 Carafriend NI Women's European Platform (NIWEP) 
			 Carers Northern Ireland NIAPA 
			 Child Poverty Action Group (NI) NIPSA 
			 Children's Law Centre North West Community Network 
			 Citizens Advice Bureau North West Forum of People with Disabilities 
			 Coalition on Sexual Orientation (CoSO) Northern Ireland Committee, ICTU 
			 Comm Devel & Health Network (NI) Northern Ireland Office 
			 Comm on the Admin of Justice (CAJ) NSPCC 
			 Community Relations Council (CRC) Omagh Women's Area Network 
			 Disability Action Parents & Professionals & Autism (PAPA) 
			 Down's Syndrome Association Pig Production Development Committee 
			 Drainage Council for NI Pobal 
			 Employers' Forum on Disability Rare Breeds Survival Trust 
			 Equality Commission for NI Royal National Inst for the Deaf (NI) 
			 Equality Forum NI Rural Community Network 
			 Falls Community Council Rural Development Council 
			 Family Planning Assoc NI Rural Support 
			 Fermanagh Women's Network Sense NI 
			 Foyle, Carlingford & Irish Lights The Community Foundation for NI 
			 Gay Lesbian Youth Northern Ireland The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association 
			 General Consumer Council The Methodist Church in Ireland 
			 Gingerbread Northern Ireland The Rainbow Project 
			 GMB The Senior Citizens' Consortium 
			 Help the Aged, NI The Ulster People College 
			 Livestock & Meat Commission for NI The Women's Centre 
			 Magherafelt Women's Group Ulster Farmers' Union 
			 MENCAP Waterways Ireland 
			 Multi-Cultural Resource Centre West Belfast Economic Forum 
			 National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland NUS-USI Women's Information Group 
			 Newry & Mourne Senior Citizens Consortium Women's Resource & Dev Agency (WRDA) 
			 Newry and Mourne Women Ltd NI Commissioner for Children & Young People 
			 NI Anti-Poverty Network NI Council for Ethnic Minorities (NICEM)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: The Information Commissioner enforces the Data Protection Act 1998 and can bring prosecutions under Section 55 of the Act. In the year to April 2006, the commissioner's Office (ICO) prosecuted 16 cases involving offences under the Data Protection Act 1998, 15 successfully, with sentences including fines ranging from £100 to £5,000 and a conditional discharge.
	The ICO's What Price Privacy? report included recommendations addressed to specific bodies, such as those representing journalists and private investigators, to try and stifle the demand for illegally obtained confidential personal information. A follow-up report to What Price Privacy?, detailing the progress made by the bodies towards the recommendations in the report, is currently being produced by the ICO and will be published by the end of the year.
	The Government have been concerned about the apparent increase in the trade in personal data, as highlighted in What Price Privacy?. On 24 July 2006, the Department for Constitutional Affairs published a consultation paper on Increasing penalties for deliberate and wilful misuse of personal data, which seeks views on the introduction of custodial sentences for Section 55 offences. The consultation will close on 30 October.

Lord Triesman: Although exact figures are not available, we do know that China and South Korea are North Korea's first and second largest trading partners respectively, providing over half of North Korea's imports, including virtually all of its fuel and around one-sixth of its food. North Korea imports all of its oil, mostly from China. In recent years, South Korea has provided 500,000 tonnes of rice and up to 350,000 tonnes of fertiliser, but suspended its regular humanitarian assistance in response to the July missile tests.
	As a further measure in response to the 9 October nuclear test, Seoul has halted flood-related assistance, which so far has included a further 90,000 tonnes of rice. The only significant external providers of food assistance now are the World Food Programme and China, which has in the past provided about the same amount as South Korea, although China also supplies grains to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on commercial terms. So far this year, Chinese food deliveries appear to be down to about 30 per cent of 2005 levels.